Vidhu V Thaker

TL;DR: These pediatric hypertension guidelines are an update to the 2004 report and include revised recommendations on when to perform echocardiography in the evaluation of newly diagnosed hypertensive pediatric patients (generally only before medication initiation), along with a revised definition of left ventricular hypertrophy.

TL;DR: This clinical practice guideline was developed to provide evidence-based recommendations on managing 10- to 18-year-old patients in whom type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been diagnosed and emphasizes the use of management modalities that have been shown to affect clinical outcomes in this pediatric population.

TL;DR: The Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Group Trials Register was searched and references identified from comprehensive electronic database searches and handsearches of relevant journals and abstract books of conference proceedings found evidence for vitamin D supplementation in cystic fibrosis.

TL;DR: The role and potential mechanism of epigenetic changes that may be involved as mediators of the environmental influences and that may provide future opportunities for intervention are discussed.

TL;DR: This technical report describes, in detail, the procedures undertaken to develop the recommendations given in the accompanying clinical practice guideline, “Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents,” and provides in-depth information about the rationale for the recommendations and the studies used to make theclinical practice guideline’s recommendations.